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"The Scholar Denied" by Aldon D. Morris will be published by University of California Aug. 27. Morris looks at the birth of modern sociology and argues W.E.B. Du Bois' work is the founding of the discipline. Morris is the Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Northwestern University. →"Little Pretty Things" by Lori Rader-Day will be published by Seventh Street July 7. In the mystery, a maid becomes a suspect when her friend is found dead at an inn. Rader-Day lives in Jefferson Park. →"Solitude Creek" by Jeffery Deaver was published by Grand Central May 12. The latest Kathryn Dance novel finds Kathryn investigating...

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